Thanks to all who replied. I'll give it a try. Paul On Jan 27, 2008, at 4:49 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
> Yeah, it's the fifth pin not disengaging. I would > first make sure that the flash is pushed all the way > into the shoe to center the pin (hopefully it isn't > bent by now). Next, try holding the camera/flash > upside down and rapping it by the shoe lightly in the > (with the flash in the unlocked position), this may > free the pin and allow you to remove the flash. > > -Brendan > --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> Yes, it's true. I mounted the 540 flash on the >> K10D this afternoon in >>> an effort to shoot some birdies, and now it won't >> come off. I tried a >>> little bit of WD40 ( a light lubricant), lots of >> tugging and pulling. >>> I'm guessing that a screw has come loose on the >> hot shoe and is >>> locking it in place. Any ideas? I'm thinking I'm >> going to have to >>> send camera and flash to Pentax. A pisser. >>> Paul >>> >> When you twist the lock ring a little pin extends >> from the flash into >> the shoe. It really sounds like the pin isn't >> retracting. Try playing >> with the lock ring. If the pin has broken loose, >> you might be able to >> get it to retract by holding the camera upside down >> and wiggling the flash. >> >> -- >> Scott Loveless >> http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
